Sometimes the things that challenge you the most make you stronger. Other times it’s a sign to re-access your direction. ☽
I’ve had a long, complex, passionate, at times brutal, at times glorious relationship to music. I find myself entering a new chapter where the pages are currently indecipherable, and for good reason. ☽
Taking time for introspection, honesty and emotional space are often key to unlocking the next creative move. I welcome this space, bask in its murky colors and trust that the answers and inspiration will come when they’ve ripened into their newest form. ☽
May you all find solace in the unknown, and know you are not alone in this creative, spiritual journey of self-expression and realization. Love & light. ✨
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For what it’s worth: it’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over.
-F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Embrace your weird. ✌🏻

Jess here. We've made it to the next round at @sphbandcontest yesterday and I'm still trying to find words to describe how thankful I am. Every member of this band has, at some point, wondered why we are doing this. Wondered why we fight when we're only treading water. Wondered how we should climb a ladder without struts.
These are the moments when you learn that following your dream is hard. You work your ass off to get better and try your best to be good and supportive to others because well, that's how you'd like to be treated as well. You basically place your heart for everyone to see and I promise you, it will be stabbed. But you have to continue.
Because then there are days like yesterday. Where finally, all your hard work pays off. We're still a tiny band and as weird as it feels to say that, we're adults now and don't have the reach we've had back in our school days anymore. And still we've received such an incredible amount of love that we could make it to the next round. This means so much to me, to us.
Last but not least we want to thank our new friends who both also got into the next round - it couldn't have been a better night with you 🖤 @silentnoise_band@rapsuizidrecords

The past year we’ve faced many obstacles meant to break us up, yet the type of love we have only strengthens. You are my heart and my inspiration. My growth stems from myself but you are an extension of me and only want to see me grow and succeed, so I believe that growth and newfound health is also stemming from you, too. You are the most multi talented, genuine, kind human and my life is infinitely better with you by my side. And I am so proud of how far you’ve come, too. You’re surrounding yourself with people who genuinely want to lift you up with them and see you happy with whatever YOU choose. No fight, no opinion and no obstacle will stand in my way with you again. You can’t choose when the right one walks into your life and I wouldn’t choose it any other way because life lead me to you when it did for a reason. To forever.

Creating custom musical experiences is definitely a passion of mine. So when @micahjesse told me his dream of having a gospel choir sing 90’s hits for his wedding, I got to work! 📰 All mentioned on @papyrus blog today. Link in story 👆🏿
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George Crumb, Spiral Galaxy. Crumb’s Makrokosmos is a series of four volumes of pieces for amplified piano. They were created during an especially fertile period of his compositional career. Crumb had received the 1968 Pulitzer Prize for Music (before turning 40 ), and he produced a series of masterpieces in rapid succession. The name alludes to Mikrokosmos, a set of piano pieces by Béla Bartók, one of Crumb's favorite 20th-century composers. Spiral fantasy is the last piece of Volume I. It was composed in 1972 for pianist and friend David Burge.

Do you see that scar on my cheek? When I was skiing I fell down from a hill in the mountain, there was blood everywhere.. the white snow turned completely red, I was 13. Was like a film scene.i have a huge acrophobia now tho. Funny enough my surname is Snowy mountain. True story, also, no filter elfie Friday. 🏔